Sijhori
Chewara block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811304
· village code 244020
Population 2011
1,764
Census of India
Population 2020
2,113
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.8%
349 people · 2.0% a year
Households
336
+20.9% vs 278 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,764
Male / female
854 / 910
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,066
Children aged 0–6
450
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
237 / 3
Working population
609
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
278
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
160
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
18
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
905 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
905 / 115 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhathiyara panchayat, Chewara zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹15.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹67,767
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.60 lakh · received ₹7.58 lakh · spent ₹8.56 lakh · left ₹61,189
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.19 lakh · received ₹11.44 lakh · spent ₹25.57 lakh · left ₹6,578
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0811, 85.9215 —
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